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Shintar

@shintar.bsky.social

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Avid MMO gamer and long-time blogger. Star Wars: The Old Republic is my main game, but I'm also a casual World of Warcraft player. My SWTOR blog: https://swtorcommando.blogspot.com/ My WoW blog: https://priestwithacause.blogspot.com/

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 3d

A personal progress update for Galactic Season 9: #SWTOR

Galactic Season 9 Progress and Goals

We're eight weeks into Galactic Season 9 at this point, which means that the first players are getting close to hitting level 100. I tend to...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 4d

If we're calling Legion Remix "Lemix" now, does that retroactively turn MoP Remix into "Pemix"? Memix? Mopix?

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 7d

More #TurtleWoW adventures - they are definitely good at building some nice, Vanilla-like zones:

The Island of Balor

After finishing Northwind , my Turtle WoW hunter continued straight on to the private server's next custom zone, which is in fact designed f...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 7d

People hate "that guy" in flashpoints who runs ahead skipping everything, won't help if anyone aggros anything and then just sits there complaining. People also hate "that guy" who won't communicate, pulls everything but then also can't hold aggro despite being a tank. Both in the same run was WILD.

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 7d

I think Koth has a hard time because at the moment you lock him in, he competes directly with Lana and Theron. I know that's why I haven't romanced him yet, even though I generally like him.

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 8d

Did you enjoy #SWTOR 's date nights? You might find this interesting:

Date Night Data

Earlier in the year, Narrative Director Ashley Ruhl gave a talk at 2025's Game Developers Conference , on the subject of SWTOR's date nights...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 9d

What have the @swtor.com devs unleashed? 😂

Blizz Can Ride! #LetBlizzRideToo

YouTube video by /JawaFace

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 10d

On my timeline this was right underneath a post about how T-Rex was formally named 120 years ago (supposedly). Seemed fitting! Hope you have a good one!

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 11d

I can't help seeing the :u as a cutesy smiley face.

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 12d

Continuing my exploration of #TurtleWoW, I checked out what's (I believe) their newest custom zone. Pros and cons of the experience:

Exploring the Forests of Northwind

My hunter on Turtle WoW reached the first of their mid-level custom zones recently. According to their wiki , the zone of Northwind is des...

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Swtorista @swtorista.com · 13d

EA is being sold.

I've done my best to address many of the topics, questions, concerns and comparisons that I've seen come up from players about the future of EA and #SWTOR. A very long read, with lots of topics! 📖

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EA Set to Be Bought for $55 Billion - What does this mean for the future of the company, its studios, and its games?

Electronic Arts, better known as 'EA' and the publisher behind Star Wars: The Old Republic, has agreed a deal to sell Electronic Arts to an investor group for $55 billion, with the sale set for early ...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 13d

What did the poor Loth-cat kitten do to have to be the image for this headline... 😢

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Star Wars: The Old Republic @swtor.com · 13d

A quarterly letter from Executive Producer, Keith Kanneg, detailing what’s been happening in Star Wars: The Old Republic for the third quarter of 2025 and a glimpse into what’s to come. www.swtor.com/info/news/ar...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 13d

Please abandon those panic stations: #SWTOR

What Will the EA Buyout Mean for SWTOR?

In case you managed to miss the big gaming news on Monday, Electronic Arts announced that it's going from a publicly traded company to a pri...

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Intisar - This Week in Aurebesh @thisweekinaurebesh.bsky.social · 13d

I hadn't planned to celebrate the 9th anniversary of This Week in Aurebesh with a post about Electronic Arts, but here we are. I don't know how this all will affect #SWTOR, but I do lament the human cost these deals take on the people who make the games we love.

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This Week in Aurebesh

A blog exploring the worlds of the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO and its use of aurebesh in the game's design.

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 14d

An update for readers of my World of #Warcraft blog:

The State of My WoW-ing

I sometimes hear people say that WoW is in a better state than ever because of how many different ways to play it there are nowadays. Not en...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 14d

🤟 Feast! Feast! Feast! 🤟

(Looking forward to earning those new decos!)

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 15d

God, I've done the Sith inquisitor story how many times, and today is the first time I noticed on Nar Shaddaa that Lord Paladius calls Destris and Rylee wrong (and different) names in every bit of dialogue in the last confrontation. 😄 #SWTOR

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 15d

Another milestone achieved in #SWTOR:

Legacy Level 50 on Shae Vizla

Last year in June I made a post to commemorate the milestone of hitting legacy level 50 on Star Forge , making it the second server on which...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 15d

Are you guys still employed by EA? It was never fully clear to me if/how the relationship between Broadsword and EA was technically different from Bioware and EA.

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Ilya Glazkov @ilglaz.bsky.social · 17d

Geonosians in most of Star Wars: wacky annoying pests

Geonosians in late-game SWTOR: armored hellspawns with sick abs

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 17d

Over on #TurtleWoW, I made it to their first custom-built levelling dungeon, and it was an interesting experience:

Dragonmaw Retreat: A Custom Dungeon

I would describe my early dungeon experiences in Turtle WoW as "okay" for a Vanilla environment - neither worse than nor significantly impr...

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 18d

It was Commandos who didn't have the interrupt. I knew that problem well! I remember running Battle of Ilum with a full trooper group of 3 Commandos and 1 Vanguard, and having only the Vanguard tank as interrupter on the last boss was nerve-racking.

Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 18d

I remember when Scoundrels didn't HAVE an AoE heal!

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Shintar @shintar.bsky.social · 18d

Er, interview who? Me? Don't think I'm interesting enough for that but appreciate the thought! 😄